NC to finish term by 9th May 2018 The current government has around 17 months left in its term before the National Assembly  (NA) is dissolved by 1st August 2018 to make way for the 90 day election period for the 2018 Primary and General Election rounds. A new NA …

A 5th December 2016 ‘Guidelines on Cross Border Trade of Electricity,’ issued by India’s Ministry of Power, in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs has led to deep concerns and also a certain degree of confusion within Bhutan’s vital hydropower sector. The concerns are that since currently Bhutan is …

Nima Tshering, the accused in the Melbourne case for the illegal filming of three Bhutanese women while bathing, has accused Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay of having political motives in naming him before a ‘Meet the Press’ session on 3rd February. Responding on The Bhutanese Facebook page where the website …

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) will be investigating and taking action in response to a story done by The Bhutanese in its last issue on the death of a pilgrim and inconvenience to others in a pilgrimage tour organized from Bhutan. The story had also highlighted the mushrooming number …

Tsirangtoe MP case also comes up In response to a question by The Bhutanese, at the monthly meet the press, on the Foreign Minister and Tsirangtoe MP’s case,  the Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji said that while he might have made an oversight he does not accept the allegations of …

While there have been increasing reports of fatalities and injuries to Bhutanese pilgrims in India, there are also growing accounts of Bhutanese pilgrims feeling duped and cheated on the booming pilgrimage tours organized from Bhutan. The Bhutanese talked to three recently returned Bhutanese pilgrims all of whom had a harrowing …

High drama after high profile defamation suit ends with withdrawal The much publicized defamation suit by Sonam Phuntsho, also known as Ap SP, against Namgay Zam and Dr Shacha Wangmo legally ended after Ap SP withdrew the case, a day before the verdict given on 24th January 2017. However, the …

The SC says it did the right thing under the circumstances On 18th August 2016, a joint bench of Justice Tashi Chozom and Justice Rinzin Penjore of the Supreme Court passed its verdict on Dr Shacha Wangmo’s mother Tandin Bidha versus Sonam Phuntsho case. The verdict essentially said that Tandin …

With the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) not appealing the Dasho Benji case verdict the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will now be following due legal process, as outlined for it by the District Court order, which directed the OAG to coordinate the sedition investigation. The District Court in its …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) are headed into another headlong clash, this time over the Trongsa land case that implicates the former Trongsa Dzongda Lhab Dorji, his wife and other local government figures at the time. On one side the ACC is …